Planet Walt

Very interesting ritual... in the past eight or nine years or so, I've been big into what I call "Stray Cat Thanksgivings" whereupon a bunch of people with little to no blood family nearby get together so they're not alone on the holiday, because frankly, I like to be around at least a few people on Thanksgiving. I do enough personal meditating the rest of the year. :)

I got the whole notion of Stray Cat Thanksgivings from my aunt, who always invites a ragtag motley crew of people and it's always an interesting time. I invited anybody in the CRJ doctoral student body who wanted a place to go, but nobody took me up on it... which worked out really well, actually. My roommates and I played games, listened to music, ate food, and watched Rushmore.

Another good staple of that particular holiday season is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles...

I envision the evolution of your Thanksgiving Day celebration to include spaghetti AND turkey with fixin's. And how 'bout a movie marathon running in conjunction with T Day football games? That's what having a big house, couple of big TVs, & lots a family/friends can allow. Coolio?

Well that's a very interesting ritual but what was your reasoning behind this ritual? Were you having trouble with your family or did you just feel like doing something out of the ordinary?

I know what you mean about finding certain Thanksgiving rituals hard to give up. Yesterday, for example, even though I'd been adhering to an extremely healthy vegan diet all year long, I scarfed down about 3 lbs of turkey and dressing with gravy on top. And I ain't talkin' tofurkey and rice milk gravy!! Then, last night, after not consuming refined sugar for the past several months, I broke into my 9 year old's Halloween candy stash and had a nocturnal sugar party for one. This morning I felt, well, dirty. I wish I woulda just watched When Harry Met Sally...